City Across the River

City Across the River
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMaxwell Shane
Screenplay byMaxwell Shane
Dennis J. Cooper
Based onthe novel The Amboy Dukes
by Irving Shulman
Produced byMaxwell Shane
StarringPeter Fernandez
Stephen McNally
Thelma Ritter
Sue England
Luis Van Rooten
Jeff Corey
CinematographyMaury Gertsman
Edited byTed J. Kent
Music byWalter Scharf
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • April 7, 1949 (1949-04-07) (New York City)
  • July 4, 1949 (1949-07-04) (United States)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.5 million[1]
Box office$1.5 million[2]

City Across the River is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Maxwell Shane and starring Peter Fernandez, Stephen McNally, Thelma Ritter, Sue England, Barbara Whiting, Luis Van Rooten and Jeff Corey. The screenplay is based on the novel The Amboy Dukes by Irving Shulman.[3]

The film is the credited screen debut of Tony Curtis (billed onscreen as "Anthony Curtis").

  1. ^ "U Prod Meet". 11 August 1948. p. 22. Retrieved 18 March 2023. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  2. ^ "Top Grossers of 1949". Variety. 4 January 1950. p. 59.
  3. ^ City Across the River at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films Edit this at Wikidata.